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VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the borough 8,579 acres.
Population
Census 1961 290,582
Estimate of Registrar General at midyear 1968 281,140
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1,1968 £12,329,092
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1968/9 £48,500
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at April, 1 1968 87,997
Births Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,231 2,121 4,352
Illegitimate 347 330 677
Totals 2,578 2,451 5,029
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 17.9
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor= 0.96) 17.2
Ratio of adjusted birth rate to national rate 1.02
Stillbirths
Total (32 males and 20 females) 52
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 10.2
(males 12.3, females 8.1)
Deaths
Total (1,785 males, 1,648 females) 3,433
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 12.2
Adjusted death rate
(area comparability factor=0.96) 11.7
Ratio of adjusted death rate to national rate 0.98
Infant mortality
Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year)
Males Females Total
Legitimate 38 36 74
Illegitimate 12 8 20
Totals 50 44 94
Death rate of all infants per l000 livebirths 18.7
Death rate of legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate livebirths 17.0
Death rate of illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate livebirths 29.5
Death rate of male infants per 1000 male livebirths 19.4
Death rate of female infants per 1000 female livebirths 17.9
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 64
(34 males, 30 females)
Males per 1000 male livebirths 13.2
Females per 1000 female livebirths 12.2
All infants per 1000 livebirths 12.7
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) 61
(33 males, 28 females)
Males per 1000 male livebirths 12.8
Females per 1000 female livebirths 11.4
All infants per 1000 livebirths 12.1
Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) 113
(65 males, 48 females)
Males per 1000 live and still male births 24.9
Females per 1000 live and still female births 19.4
All infants per 1000 live and stillbirths 22.2
Reproductive wastage (stillbirths plus all infant deaths) 146
Males per 1000 live and still male births 31.4
Females per 1000 live and still female births 25.9
All infants per 1000 live and stillbirths 28.7
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths 4
Maternal mortality rate per 1000 live and stillbirths 0.8
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